ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,030, issued on May 27.
"Hauling and spreading trailer assembly" was invented by Shelley White (Holland Landing, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hauling and spreading trailer assembly for spreading loose material includes a trailer, which has a tongue that is engageable to a hitch of a tow vehicle. The trailer comprises a fixed bottom in which a plurality of apertures is positioned. A plurality of sidewalls extends substantially perpendicularly from the fixed bottom. A false bottom is slidably engaged to the trailer so that the false bottom is selectively positionable in first and second positions in which at least one of the ...